Making Waves: Why water reuse frameworks need to co-evolve with emerging small-scale technologies.

ABSTRACT: Novel technologies allow to reuse or recycle water for on-site applications such as toilet flushing, showering, or hand washing at the household- or building-scale. Many of these technologies have now reached technology readiness levels that require for verification and validation testing in the field. Results from such field tests of decentralized water reuse systems have been published over the past few years, and observed performance is often compared to quality targets from water reuse frameworks (WRFs). An inspection of ten recent journal publications reveals that targets from WRFs are often misinterpreted, and the emphasis of these publications is too often on demonstrating successful aspects of the technologies rather than critically evaluating the quality of the produced water. We

SUBMITTER: Reynaert E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8022240 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature